Recent content by Seeker4

Re: Kindle books won't rotate Finally found the answer. I kept rotating and tapping in the lower right corner. After a half dozen times, the lock icon appeared and tapping it to unlock solved the problem. I'm guessing I was tapping on the Galaxy's back button and slipped off and hit the lock...

Kindle books won't rotate I am running the Kindle App on my Galaxy S5. Suddenly, today, books can be read only in landscape mode and will not rotate back to portrait. The app itself (screen showing available books) rotates fine, as does everything else. It's just that reading a book is...

Phone is older -- got it on the first day of release. Good idea about a 3rd party app maybe being the problem. I'll experiment with that, and wiping the cache. Does Android keep any logs that might give a clue?

I have an intermittent problem where my S5 will suddenly end a call and lock the phone while I am in the middle of a call. I've not been able to determine a pattern to this problem. I've seen it happens in the first few seconds of a call and not until 15 minutes into a call. As far as I can...

In Easy Mode, there is a flashlight button (called Torch on the S5). But where can I find that same capability on the S5 when in Advanced rather than Easy mode?

I also cannot speak to an average. Normally, I can get 2 days use out of a full charge, sometimes almost 3. However, I use GPS when driving or hiking. Occasionally, the GPS seems to get stuck "on" and that will drain the battery in less than a day. GPS is the most intense use I make of the...

How does it compare for fingerprint resistance? With my Aerb protector, I get some smearing around the fingerprint scanner, although it doesn't affect the image and cleans off very easily.

Why no glass? Tempered glass protectors have all the features you ask for--feel like the real screen, no change to image quality, repel fingerprints, easy to install. The old Zagg film protectors and other plastic protectors are awful in comparison, and harder to install too.

You might want to check Google Location Reporting and see if it is off. Location reporting can use both GPS resources and data resources to keep updating your location in Google's records.

Biggest drain on my phone is GPS, which I use both for tracking auto use and for tracking hiking. If some app using the GPS seemingly gets stuck running, the battery will last less than a day. If not using the GPS, it will last about 3 days in my use. When I see that happening (and confirm...

Does anyone really know how much bulk the wireless charging back actually adds, and which cases are or are not compatible, since Samsung is not yet shipping the wireless charging back? (I have a wireless charging back on back-order with Samsung. Still waiting to hear when it might actually be...

I'm thinking of trying to use the S5 as an audio recorder, with a lavalier microphone, for recording talks. Has anyone tried that? What mic and what recording app would you recommend?

So I'm trying to show my wife how to use my phone and she of course needs to unlock it using the alternative password (I use a fingerprint lock). But the phone keeps timing out while she is trying to select the letters and numbers of the password. (She's not used to a smartphone so is slow at...

They were sort of hidden in the bottom of the box with my phone. Take all the cardboard inserts at the bottom of the box out and make sure there's nothing there.

Check your email account settings for the account, sync settings, and check Period to sync Email. It may be set to 3 days. You can set it to a longer period.